posted Feb 01, 2010

More Men Are Investing In Family Harmony

More than 5,000 men and women recently participated in free classes offered by the nonprofit PAIRS Foundation. A follow-up study of 400 men six months after the nine-hour class offers encouraging news for efforts to curb the rate of divorce and family breakdown.

posted Jan 07, 2010

CBS News poll finds that a majority of Americans favor divorce reform

Nearly two-thirds of all Americans know someone who has been unfaithful to their spouse, according to a new CBS News poll. Nevertheless, a majority of Americans (53 percent) think getting a divorce is too easy and should be made more difficult to obtain than it is now.

posted Dec 18, 2009

First-Ever “Index of Leading Marriage Indicators”

by: David Lapp

Family scholars from six major universities and four leading research institutes have launched a U.S. Marriage Index, the first attempt to track, with a clear, accessible measure, the health of marriage in America.

posted Feb 02, 2009

How to Bring Back Marriage In America

he good news is that a “marriage movement” has sprung up across the country. Many locally based organizations are having amazing success within their communities, working with couples of all ages, and strengthening marriages in many ways.

posted Jan 26, 2009

Now on DVD, Fireproof is Saving Marriages

by: Michael Foust

South Dakota pastor John Little is a fan of Christian movies, but even he's generally skeptical when he reads stories about how a particular film is changing peoples' lives. But after watching "Fireproof" -- and seeing marriages change for the better -- he's a believer.

posted Jan 13, 2009

Reducing Poverty by Revitalizing Marriage in Low-Income Communities: A Memo

by: Robert Rector

President-elect Obama, the collapse of marriage is the most important social problem facing the nation. When the War on Poverty began in the 1960s, 7 percent of U.S. children were born outside of marriage. Today, the number is 38 percent. Among blacks, it is 69 percent. You are in a unique position to reverse this alarming trend.